Unpredictable, serendipitous Tasmania

Unpredictable, serendipitous Tasmania

Only toward dawn did the sea begin to calm. I rose from my berth and glanced out the window. The setting moon cast a broad light on the rolling waters of the Bass Strait, and in the distance, the lights of Tasmania began to dot the darkness.

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